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Show first Utah Casualty in Korea i k I : ' ( $ PRIVATE GLEN R. ELDER Twitchell, Cannonville, Utah; Mrs. Fenr Anderson, Murray; Mrs. Rhea McCormick and Mrs. Eva Brad-fiel- Delta; Mrs. Ruby Skeem, and Mrs. Emily Justesen, of Oak City. Private Elder was the youngest child and only son in his family. Since the word came of his death, in addition to expressions of sym-pathy from friends, Mr. and Mrs. Elder have had many letters from all over the state from persons heretofore unknown to them, of-fering their sympathy. Private Glen R. Elder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Parley Elder of Oak City, was the first Utah casualty reported from Korea.He was killed in action July 11, according to the telegram received July 18 by his parents. A letter from Gen. Douglas MacArthur was received by the parents this week. The young man was born in Oak City January 12, 1931. He was in his junior year at Delta high school when he enlisted in the ar-my in January, 1948. Dean Samps-on of Delta enlisted at the same time, and the young men were to-- i gether for basic training at Fort Ord, Cal., for three mnoths. When they went overseas in June, 1948, Glen went to Japan and Dean to Korea, Dean returned home a month ago. In his last letter home Glen had told his parents that they were starting home, and expected to land in the United States July 20. He said he would be home for the 24th. It was after that orders were changed and Glen was sent to Korea. He was with the Third En-gineers Combat Battalion, U. S. Array. One week after U. S. troops entered Korea he was killed. Surviving are his parents in Oak City, and six sisters: Mrs. Audrey Volume 41 Number 4 Delta, Utah, Thursday, July 27, 1950 $3.50 a Year in Advance Sen. Watkins Spurs Budget Aid For Utah Road (Jl-il- 2G S. L. Tribune t Senator Arthur V. Watkins R. Utah) said Tuesday lie will appear before bureau of the budget offi-cials with other western senators to enlist support for his amend-ment to the appropriation bill to make possible the completion of Utah's unfinished portion of U. S. highway 6. He will be accompanied by Sens. Pat McCarran (D. Nev.) and Ro-bert Kerr (D. Okla). The senate public roads commit-tee and bureau of roads already have indorsed Sen. Watkins' pro-posal, whereby federal funds could provide for completing unfinished sections of key highways which pass through public lands. "DAYS OF THE OLD WEST" August 11 and 12 Brings Rodeos, 4-- H Fair Flower Show To Deseret With a Parade Set for Saturday Next big Millard county celebration nears, with August 11 andl2 bringing "Days of the Old West" to Deseret, complete with rodeos both nights, Fair, Flower Show, program children's sports ball game, parade and a carnival. This is the fourth annual "Days of the OJd West' 'growing bigger and better each year. The entire celebration will be on the fair and rodeo grounds at Deseret, with the exception of the Fair, which will be at the Deseret ward chapel, where the stage, is used in the Style Show. At the rodeo grounds a build-ing has been erected this year, 120 feet long, 20 feet wide, and where exhibits and the Flower Show will be housed. Skinner Brings Stock The night-tim- e rodeos highlight the two-da- y celebration and re-cord breaking attendance is looked for. The stock Is furnished by J. Ray Skinner of Delta, owner of the Intermountain Rodeo Co. Mr. Skin-ner and his company have been fulfilling show dates throughout the country, such as at Ely over July 4, and at the Spanish Fork Fiesta recently. Reports from local people who have been at these shows are that the stock is in prime condition, tougher than nails and the rodeo is fast and good. Jack Oakie is announcer for the rodeos, which include calf roping, bareback riding, saddle bronc rid-ing, bulldogging Brahma bull rid-ing and the clown. Variety acts, including "Brown Jug," of movie fame and other features add to the entertainment. A carnival will also be featured both nights. Daytime entertainment includes a program Friday, and a parade in Deseret on Saturday at 4 p.m. This is the first year that a par-ade has been part of the celebra-tion. Childrens' sports and a base-ball game are also being arranged. Rodeo Royalty Queen of the rodeo is Miss Jerry Judd of Hinckley, with attendants, Miss Marilyn Badger, Holden and Miss Bonnie Rae Cahoon Deseret. They were selected in competition at Hinckley July 24. Ormus L. Dutson Deseret, is gen-eral chairman of the big event, with Cecil Warner, Deseret, as sec-retary. Committee members are Mrs. Myrtis Smith and Mrs. Beth Anderson, of Fine Arts exhibit and Flower Show; Cluff Talbot and Jerold Bennet, publici-ty; Eldon Eliason, program; Matt Cropper, chairman of the rodeo grounds, and Wayne Petersen, the chairman of the fair and exhibits. Bid Delegates To Delta Meet Delegations from Tooele, Eureka and Ely have been invited to at-tend the meeting in Delta Satur-day, July 29, of the Associated Civ-ic Clubs of southern and eastern Utah. Also a general invitation is extended to the public to attend the afternoon session and evening banquet. Golden H. Black, Lions road chairman, and national and state Highway 6 committeeman, talked by telephone to civic group lead-ers in each of the cities listed, and was assured they would send repre sentatives to the meeting. A topic of mutual interest, the completion of Highway 6, will be discussed Saturday on the program of the civics club meet. Associated Civic Clubs Hold Delta Meet On July 29 The next meeting of the Assoc-iated Civic Clubs of Southern and Eastern Utah is to be held at Del-ta on Saturday, July 29. The meeting is sponsored by the Delta Lions Club, under the di-rection of M. Ward Moody. Executive board meeting at 10: 30 a. m., open meeting for board members and the public 2 p. m. high school auditorium. Welcome to visitors, by Mayor C. M. Pace and County Commission er Archie O. Gardner. Reports of standing committees: Highways, by J. Usher Henrie; Ad-vertising bv J. Walter Paxman; Safety by Dr. F. R. King; Water and Industrial by B. H. Stringham; reseeding and legislative by Paul P. Ashworth. Fish and Game by Donald P. Adams; Agriculture and Livestock by Harry H. Lunt. Discussion on highways, and the present bottle-nec- k on Highway 6, by a State Road representative, also by members of the Nevada and Colorado roadway delegations. Field secretary T. W. Jensen will give a report on his activities for the last two months. President Arthur Brian will re-port on the meeting he and Mr. Jensen attended in Salt Lake City on the 12th, on industrial and em-ployment planning. A representative of Governor Lee will speak on Building a Grea-ter Utah. Walter Home, representing the mining interests, and Paul M. Hunt president of the Utah Mining Assn. will also speak. Willard Richards of the Denver & Rio Grande West-ern, and representatives of various other interests, will attend and take part in the discussions. At the evening banquet, Mr. Sa-voy Boyer, who has recently return ed from Europe, will be the prin-cipal speaker. This promises to one of the most interesting programs of the year, and a large attendance is hoped for - - all are invited. Entertainment for the visiting ladies is being arranged, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Verna Walch, for the afternoon. The evening banquet will be held in the hot lunch room at the Delta school at 8 p.m. The public is invited to attend. Music and the principal speaker will make up the program. Tharol Larsen, Lions president will be master of ceremonies. Stake Primary Festival Set For August 1 Deseret stake Primary festival is a colorful event scheduled for Tuesday night, August 1, on the Delta high school football field. The festival will open at 8 p.m. under the lights, and the public is invited to view the spectacle. No charge for this event. A loud-speaker will broadcast the pro-ga- The festival includes floats, pan-tomime, singing and dancing. The Primary children will be in gay costumes of the countries they rep-resent. This affair is the climax of three years af study of the mis-sions in the British Isles, Scan-danavi-countries, isles of the Pacific and American Indians. Five wards, Delta Second, Delta Third, Deseret, Hinckley and Suth-erland, will participate in the af-fair, under the direction of Pri-mary stake leaders. The children taking part are under the direc-tion of their ward presidents and officers. All wards in the stake had the choice of combining with the stake festival, or holding their festival separately, as some are doing. Alfalfa Seed Men And Bee Men Meet On Mutual Problem Alfalfa seed, bees and insecti-cides formed the topic of unusual interest discussed at an open meet ing Tuesday night in the Delta Seminary. More than a hundred men attended, including farmers, beekeepers and dealers in insec-ticides. That the subject evoked atten-tion was evidenced by the fact that although the night was warm and the listeners were hot, no one left the meeting. All stayed to hear what was said in the interests of growers of alfalfa seed, bee-me-and insecticides. The meeting lasted from 8 to 10 o'clock, and after adjournment continued in groups outside. Ward Moody was in charge, and speak-ers were Lee S. Rogers, assitant county agent, and Arvil L. Stark, director of agricultural research and information of the Wasatch Chemical Co. Beekeepers and farm ers were called- upon to express their views in the informal dis-cussion, and much information was asked for and given. Three Sides on Question Lack of space prevents report-ing a full account of the discus-sion, but some of the facts that were brought out are as follows: Farmers with alfalfa fields are worried about infestation of aphids or red spiders, truly known as the two-spott- mite. Bee keepers are worried over bee losses, which have been heavy due to spraying or dusting of alfal fa fields during the daytime, when bees are working in the blooms. Parathion or parathyon, is a che-mical compound 75 times as ef-fective at DDT. It will kill aphids and red spiders, used as a spray or dust. It also kills the bees. Parathion is effective, but dead-ly. It must be used with the ut-most caution. When using it, the operator must wear a gas mask, as the fumes are deadly when in-haled. Seven lives were lost last year by users. Mr. Stark gave the case for and against the compound and urged users by all means to have full information on how to handle their material before they start operations. This information may be had from the dealer, and also from the county agent, Mr. Rogers. For the beekeepers it was slat-'.- d that bees are indispensable to alfalfa seed production. Therefore, Mr. Moody pointed out, it was not only neighborly but sound com-mon sense to conserve the bees. It was urged that farmers spray or dust only in the evenings or early morning, when the bees are not working in the fields. Bee-keeping is an important local in-dustry, and merits protection, he said. Spraying is less harmful to the bees than dusting, as it does not drift. It as also pointed out that at times farmers spray or dust when it is not necessary. A sweep of their fields will tell them when it is necessary. Parathion dealers or Mr. Rogers volunteered to make sweeps and help farmers in find-ing out if they needed to spray or dust. Mr. Rogers said Wednesday morning he had counted sweeps on ten farms and on none of the ten was it found necessary to use an insecticide. Much more was said on the sub-ject. For further information farm ers were invited to get in touch with Mr. Rogers, at the county of-fices, Births This Week To Eldon and Josephine Rollins Hurst Hinckley, a boy, July 22. To William and Lola Mc Donald Humphries, Delta, a girl, July 25. To Deon and Laverne Lovell Gil-le- Oasis, a girl, July 26. Latham D. Kimber is a patient at the Delta hospital, recovering from surgery. Mrs. Eldon Erickson had an ap-pendectomy performed Tuesday at the Fillmore, hospital and is re-covering there. WHO'S WHO? ? s - ' ... ' : !v .'.; ) ' ,. ., 'S 3 naUVe f Millard coun- - hJnnrt 3 llelong resident. She was ty airt" the east side o the coun" ram , 8 younS married woman hi Vhc west side, where she since. be , 'd this picture is can not DlaJ unless can dre I u , ?ate fey the f the lon7h.f hair-'A-t any rate it was bob T the days o the boyish how ra'n and mid-rif- f. And secret , subject is is another mother this mther, grand think th a." and h at the date of her birth. since lmany years have g"e y She 110 0ne's affair but hers. rden anrt n""6' and loves her one flowers.. She has had the col, "e. Prettiest gardens in to tat yside when she was able care of it. Who hi3" excelent cook, as folks ity 0ave eaten her fare will test-h- e, SZ cftain kind of cake is leather 'uy' misnamed "burnt ed 0. f,e"- It is far from burn-whe- n i aUlery and people beam 15 served. ftsband was an early mer chant in their community. His ad in the Chronicle of July 28, 1910, states "Wholesale and Retail Dea-ler in Groceries, Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Caps, Notions, etc. Produce and Livestock. We car ry a large stock and can suit you in quality and price". He died in 1931. Their only child has died since then. Four grandchildren, a greatgrand child, and a brother, living in Salt Lake City total this woman's kith and kin. For exercise there are her chic-kens. They are determined to roam which calls for frequent excursions on the part of the mistress to round them up and bring them home at a brisk canter. Not so long ago the Delta volun-teer fire department made a quick trip to this woman's premises, where a blaze was trying to spread She had been cleaning her yard and burning weeds, when a whirl-wind spread fire in every direction. Despite the fact she had a shovel and bucket of water, the firemen came. Now she wishes she could clean house as speedily as he can build a fire. Delta Merchants Win Two Games In the southern Utah leaegue play over the weekend and holi-day, the Delta Merchants moved up in the standing by posting up two wins. On Sunday July 23, they defeat-ed Monroe 14 to 4, and on Monday July 24 they won over Aurora by 20 to 8. In the second half of play they are tied with Elsinore for first place, each having three wins. In full season play they are tied for fourth place. On Sunday, July 30, the Delta Merchants will be at Sigurd, the game being at 3 p. m. Hinckley Host At Successful 24th Celebration Mayor Randle Swensen, the town board and committee members responsible for the plans for the celebration at Hinckley last Mon-day, July 24, wish to express their thanks to all who helped in every division to make this day the success that it was. Through the cooperation of many organizations, business firms and individual citi-zens this days was one of the most outstanding celebrations to have been had and many thank yous are offered these people. The day began with sunrise sa-lutes throughout the town, with the first big event at 9:30 a.m. which was the mammoth parade with Lafe Nielson chairman, Elden Hurst and Beth Anderson assist-ing. Entries were announced by town board member Dana R. Pratt," who also announced the rodeo both nights and did mike advertising for the day. The color-beare- rs led the par-ade, Cluff Talbot, Grant Hardy, Parry Taylor and Wayne Petersen, followed by marshall of the day, Mark Johnson and his two aids, Bob Robinson and A. O. Gardner, riding on horses. Next came the remainder of the town board mem bers, Mayor Swensen, Byron Carter and Elden Hurst. Honored guests of the day were the older people of the west side, led by Juel Moody mounted on a horse, followed by two convert-ibles owned by Gam Moody and Golden Theobald. In the cars were Mrs. Alice Western, Roy Dresser, Mrs. Mary E. Lee, Mrs. Lillis Green er, Mrs. Ellen Stanworth, Mrs. Fan nie Terry and Mrs. Effie Moody. The first float was that of Hin-ckley town on which rode Miss Utah, Ila Talbot, and her two at-tendants, Dorthella Bishop and Amelia Jane Cahoon. This float won first prize. The Hinckley rodeo queen, Jerry Judd and her two attendants.Joyce Theobald and Lyla Rae Talbot fol-lowed, with the other queen en-tries behind them, and were girls from Holden, Delta, Flowell and Deseret. Coming behind these potential queens was Mrs. Mavis Hardy, queen of the Days of the Old West for 1949, who was followed by Mr. and Mrs. John Day. Mr. Day is the chairman of the parade for Days of the Old West. The Hinckley high school band came next, and they were well ap-preciated by members of the town and other onlookers. Although few in number, they did a very fine piece of work with their playing and marching. Elden Hurst assist-ed them in preparing for this en-try. The next float included the stake Sunday school, with a theme of "Eternal Glory." This float receiv-ed honorable mention from the judges. The stake Junior Sunday schools of the four wards organ-ized, Delta 1st, 2nd and 3rd, and Hinckley, were represented by a possee of Shetland pony riders car rying banners of the different wards, led by a rider on a palo-mino pony. These were followed by Mr. and Mrs. Heesselguesser of Delta, who own the ponies. The Sunday school floats from the various wards followed, in-cluding the 1st and 2nd wards of Delta, Hinckley, Deseret, Abraham, and Lynndyl. The Relief Society float of the Hinckley ward, winner of third place came next, folowed by the Hinckley Primary float and the Hinckley MIA float, second place winner. The Delta Junior Band contribut-ed much to the parade and were greatly appreciated by the audi-ence. Ila Rae Taylor, leader of the band is to be complimnted for this, as are the other members of the band. Next in line came the business houses.whose floats were very well done. These included, Morris Mer-cantile, winner of honorable men-tion; Morris Supply, World War II veterans with the raising of the flag at Iwo Jima; the Delta Auto Supply, the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, the Farm Bureau, the 4--H club, the Quality Market, Delta fire cepartment, As-sociated Bee Men of Millard coun-ty, Virgil's Watch Repair, Hatch's Cafe, and the Boy Scouts, Deseret district, under the direction of Grant Snow, George Talbot Slaugh (Continued on back page) Feeds Fine Feathered Friend I : - is.. '' ' i i . . , ' . -- 1 . Gaylen, old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fay Walker, has a firm friend in Joe, the pet crow at the household. Joe will follow the small boy around and amiably take whatever is offered him. In fact, Joe has takings ways all around, and takes off with whatever he can get his beak on. Anything that is bright appeals to him, and one of his latest escapades was to make off with a small door knob from the screen door that hasn't returned yet. He's the bird that swiped a paint brush from Mrs. Arve Rose. On an-other occasion he pestered Gay-len- 's grandfather, Albert Bishop, at his painting and flew off with the brush and dropped it in the dirt. Joe is a meddler, but popu-lar in the neighborhood. He was found in Oak City canyon May 28 by Mr. Walker and has set-tled down since as one of the family. He will accept a pebble trom young Gaylein, carry it around the yard a while and then gravely bury it. He has his upsets, too. One day a mother hen didn't like his attention to her brood of baby chicks, and she rolled him in the dust. An-other day he tried to snatch a piece of meat from the old torn cat and got dusted again. Otherwise he gets along fine with folks as he shuttles about. (A last minute report from Mr. Walker says Joe has been missing since Tuesday morning and Gaylen would like to have him home again.) Primary Gives Benefit Program For First Vard On Friday night, July 28, Prim-ary children of Delta First ward will give a program to help raise funds for the construction on the new Delta First ward chapel. Their theme is "And All Nations Shall Come Unto Zion", and will be presented in parade, song and dance. Approximately 125 children will take part in the program, which is supervised by Mrs. Donna Jef- - fery, president of the Primary, her counselors, Mrs. Leona Works and Mrs. Rayda Knight, and Primary teachers. The parade of nations will op-t- n the program at 8 p. m. within the new building where the floor-- j ing is in. Floats are being made to represent nations of the world, and already done are England, Ireland, Scotland, Hawaii, and the Indians, with tepees and horses. Songs and dances from the various nations will be given. Mothers are making the colorful costumes for the event. After the program food and drinks will be sold at booths. Ad-missions to the affair are 50 cents for adults and 10 cents for child-ren. The entertainment will be ex-cellent, and everyone is invited to attend. The Primary has been successful in their "Buy A Brick' 'campaign, and $100 for the building fund has been realized up to date. Bricks sold for 10 cents each, and buyers of blocks of 12 bricks or more will have their names put in the cornerstone of the new buiding. The Anchorage Daily Times, daily newspaper in Anch-orage, Alaska, came to the Chron-icle this week. On June 26, accord-ing to their almanac, sunrise was 2:22 a. m., and Sunset, 9:42 p. m., giving daylight for 19 hours and 20 minutes. Temperature was max ium of 60 and minimum of 45 for June 25. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Dalley and sister Mrs. Alebrta Poulson, visit-ing heer from California, spent Tuesday in Salt Lake City and made a trip to Richfield Wednes-day. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Pace and Kathryn and Nick Pace, returned to Delta Sunday from a trip in the northwest through the national parks, Seattle, and into British Columbia. Mrs. Mabel Brock, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. lone Dalley, and brother, Owen George, returned Sunday to her home in San Francisco. |